Senior/Specialist Occupational Therapist - The Portland Hospital Portland
Job description
Senior/Specialist Occupational Therapist - The Portland Hospital
Job - Specialist Occupational Therapist
Location - The Portland Hospital, Great Portland Street, London
Contract Type - Full-time 37.5 hours per week Monday
Salary Range- Competitive dependent upon skills and experience (Equivalent to NHS Band 6)
Reward & recognition: We reward your commitment in delivering the highest standard of care with generous and competitive benefits such as our contribution pension scheme, private medical insurance, annual salary review, 25 days holiday each year; with the option to buy and sell. We invest in your career development with clear career pathways and access to further education.
Job Description
The role involves providing specialist occupational therapy assessment and interventions to your own caseload of children with highly complex needs. The role covers both inpatients and outpatients. To be able to work jointly with a range of specialist disciplines within the Multidisciplinary team & Embassy liaison services. Therefore, an excellent standard of clinical, team working and communication skills are required.
Duties & Responsibilities
- To ensure that a professional, high quality occupational therapy service is delivered to the children and their families within our inpatient and outpatient service.
- Works as an autonomous practitioner. Assess, sets goals, provides treatment and progresses own patient caseload which, contains patients with complex and specialist needs
- To promote OT to all stakeholders.
- To undertake ongoing CPD and audit, contribute to development of specialist services and relevant policies helping implement policy changes and monitoring standards of clinical practice & additional tasks as required and considered pertinent to the role.
Skills & Experience
- BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (or equivalent)
- Current registered member of Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Experience working as a paediatric OT
- Knowledge and application of paediatric OT assessments and interventions relevant to a paediatric client group.
- Maintenance of up to date knowledge regarding developments in the field of paediatrics as pertaining to your field of work
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise one's own performance and that of others.
- Awareness of legislation and health and safety issues
- Excellent time management skills
- Demonstrated excellent proficiency in English verbal and written communication
- Demonstrated proficiency in using computer programs, including but not limited to Microsoft word, PowerPoint and excel.
About the Facility
Develop your career with HCA Healthcare UK - World's largest private acute and complex care hospital group and winners of 'The Best Private Healthcare provider 2016' and 'Best International Cancer Services' provider 2016
Internationally renowned for clinical excellence, The Portland Hospital is the only independent hospital in the UK entirely dedicated to women and children. Our inpatient and outpatient specialties reflect this, providing clinical expertise in Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Women`s Health.
Our Paediatric wards hold 56 inpatient beds + 11 day case and are equipped with the latest technology to provide advanced medical and surgical care, including a Paediatric Neurorehabilitation Unit and a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit which reflects the acuity and complex nature of the children who are admitted to our hospital. The Portland Hospital has a large number of international Paediatric patients, often funded by relevant embassies.
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